Ray D'Arcy

I'm told, I'm told.

But we need somebody, an expert to tell us, don't we?

We need to be aware.

So this report, it has some sobering statistics.

I'll just read them to you.

So if data centres, data centres are the physical backbone of AI.

That's their quote.

And if data centres were a country, they would be the 11th most energy hungry in the world, similar to France.

And AI workloads account for 20% of the data centre's electricity.

But that's expected to rise to 40% by 2030.

And by then, that would use enough power to supply 1.3 billion people in sub-Saharan Africa for five years.

And then they're saying the associated land footprint would be 14,000 square kilometres.

And that's roughly the area of Northern Ireland.

So by 2030, data centres in the world will take up the area that's occupied by Northern Ireland.

And then the water, there's a lot of talk about the water.

So the estimated 9.3%

Trillion litres of water used by data centres would meet the drinking water needs of the Earth's 8.1 billion people for about 1.6 years.

I need a lie down after all those statistics.

But they're not good.

They're not good.